We’re determined to change normal for girls and women when they have their period, for good.

That’s why, with your help, we’re working with our partners around the world to ensure communities have the clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene they need to safeguard their health and their dignity.

It starts with these essentials. But it leads to girls being able to stay healthy and stay in school, giving them the chance to finish their education, get a job and break the cycle of poverty their families may have been trapped in for generations.

“Most of the girls are poor, so we came up with the initiative of makingreusable sanitary pads."

In Zambia, Alice’s school now has clean water, decent toilets and sewing machines, so students can make reusable sanitary pads for themselves and their classmates.

"Before, no girls would graduate. Now up to 25% graduate from high school."

In India, Luvkush began educating the boys and men in his village about menstrual health, challenging the idea girls and women were unclean during their periods.